Admissions Advice

Over the corona virus pandemic, due to being stuck at home, I have been giving weekly English language lessons to my grandma and her underprivileged neighborhood kids in in India through zoom (since t …

I received this email from Colby College (which I applied to in January) 4 days ago: "Thank you for completing your application to Colby. In light of the complexities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

how have you been challenged to grow, as a student and as an individual, in the last year? how has this influenced your drive to further your studies? how will you leverage this growth within the pre- …

I’m a junior and i’m thinking about applying to a summer program and it requires an essay (which is the most important part of the application). I don’t know if collegvine’s essay reviewer is limited …

My name is Emma and I am a senior in high school hoping for help with my college application essays. I go to a very small private school in a small town and no one at my school really knows what colle …

Hello! I've gotten my essay reviewed by several people in the peer review section of CollegeVine; I was wondering if there was a way to get it reviewed by one of the experts here. If possible, I'd be …

Hello! I had gotten feedback for one of my submitted essays a few days ago; however, when I now go to "My Essays" in the "Peer Review" section, I find the essay and its feedback missing--as if it was …

Basically, can submitting stuff like a writing portfolio, awards, and even the language section in the common app can tip an admissions decisions? Can doing every essay the school throws at you do muc …

I am a freshman. I use the common application to apply to various schools in the United States Of America. My courses are all reflecting on health careers and most of the schools require college essay …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/sat-ending-essay-subject-tests/2021/01/19/ac82cdd8-574a-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

According to this article by WAPO, CB will suspend the SAT IIs a …

I am applying for an award that ask for an up to 500 word personal statement. Unfortunately I didn't realize I needed to do it until today and the deadline is next week. Is it acceptable to write a 20 …

I am asking this to make sure I do not make the wrong mistake. I was going to put a part of my story on there, but I was not sure if stories were allowed. Please let me know if it is alright to do tha …

So I submitted an essay on Thursday evening and it was projected to be done in 5-9 hours. I have since not received it (as of Saturday morning) despite reporting delays twice. Is this common?

So I'm writing an essay and one of the sentences ends with "... affect me and my community". I've gotten 2 reviewers saying keep it as is, 1 saying to change it to my community and I, and another sayi …

None of my schools require nor recommend it...should I still take it?

If I'm writing about 5th grade do I say "5th grade" or "fifth grade"? Is it hyphenated? Also if its hyphenated does it count as 1 or 2 words for word count?

I've never really applied for a proper scholarship with essays. Now that I'm getting started, I would like to post my essays here but I'm not sure if that's allowed because in the submission section i …

Hi!

On Common App, George Mason offers the option of submitting an optional video essay below their required written response. Is this in response to their written essay, or can it be about anything?

Th …

It is an optional question, but should is it a good idea to answer it? If so, what are the do's and don'ts of writing a response?

I am applying to yygs and in one essay I have to write about my background, beliefs, values and something that has influenced me and articulate how it has shaped me.

Can anyone gimme some ideas what c …